Fatal A658 crash in North Yorkshire on 17 May 2014 at 16:40 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series crashed on the A658 in North Yorkshire at 16:40 on Saturday 17 May 2014. The 50-year-old male driver was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 17 May 2014
- Saturday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.9481, longitude -1.54125, in the HG3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, North Yorkshire, HG3 1JA area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Harrogate district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Yorkshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014120079042
- Council area
- North Yorkshire
- Police force
- North Yorkshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 658
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 61
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 September 1982.
Serious
Taxi crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 14 September 1982
6 m awayRef 198212B127182
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 18 October 2006
6 m awayRef 2006122910870
Serious
Suzuki SFV 650 crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 15 April 2015
9 m awayRef 2015120061483
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 19 May 1999
10 m awayRef 1999121390150
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A658 in North Yorkshire, 16 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025122600279
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A61 in North Yorkshire, 15 June 1999
10 m awayRef 1999121660736
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Central island of roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2014120079042 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Yorkshire road accident statistics for 2014.